From the "rising tide" to solidarity: disrupting dominant crisis discourses in dementia social policy in neoliberal times

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dc.contributor.advisor
dc.contributor.authorMacLeod, Suzanne
dc.contributor.supervisorStrega, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-26T20:44:36Z
dc.date.available2014-03-26T20:44:36Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-03-26
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Social Work
dc.degree.levelMaster of Social Work M.S.W.en_US
dc.description.abstractAs a social worker practising in long-term residential care for people living with dementia, I am alarmed by discourses in the media and health policy that construct persons living with dementia and their health care needs as a threatening “rising tide” or crisis. I am particularly concerned about the material effects such dominant discourses, and the values they uphold, might have on the collective provision of care and support for our elderly citizens in the present neoliberal economic and political context of health care. To better understand how dominant discourses about dementia work at this time when Canada’s population is aging and the number of persons living with dementia is anticipated to increase, I have rooted my thesis in poststructural methodology. My research method is a discourse analysis, which draws on Foucault’s archaeological and genealogical concepts, to examine two contemporary health policy documents related to dementia care – one national and one provincial. I also incorporate some poetic representation – or found poetry – to write up my findings. While deconstructing and disrupting taken for granted dominant crisis discourses on dementia in health policy, my research also makes space for alternative constructions to support discursive and health policy possibilities in solidarity with persons living with dementia so that they may thrive.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0452en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0680en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0351en_US
dc.description.proquestemailmacsuz@shaw.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5213
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectsocial determinants of healthen_US
dc.subjectsocial exclusionen_US
dc.subjectcrisis discourseen_US
dc.subjectAlzheimer'sen_US
dc.subjectAlzheimer Society of Canadaen_US
dc.subjectSuzanne MacLeoden_US
dc.subjectSusan Stregaen_US
dc.subjectDonna Jefferyen_US
dc.subjectpoststructuralen_US
dc.subjectpoststructuralismen_US
dc.subjectadmission to long-term careen_US
dc.subjectfunding for long-term careen_US
dc.subjectImproving BC's care for persons with dementia in emergency departments and acute care hospitals Findings and Recommendationsen_US
dc.subjectacute careen_US
dc.subjectaging demographicen_US
dc.subjectBC Psychogeriatric Associationen_US
dc.subjectbiomedicalen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectCanada Health Acten_US
dc.subjectcollective social responsibilityen_US
dc.subjectcompetitionen_US
dc.subjectcorporate profiten_US
dc.subjectcorporatizationen_US
dc.subjectderesponsibilizationen_US
dc.subjectelder friendlyen_US
dc.subjectelderly citizensen_US
dc.subjectfamily caregiversen_US
dc.subjectFoucaulten_US
dc.subjectfound poetryen_US
dc.subjectgenealogy of power knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectincompetenten_US
dc.subjectMinistry of Healthen_US
dc.subjectmoral economicsen_US
dc.subjectpharmaceuticalen_US
dc.subjectbed blockeren_US
dc.subjectstigmatizeden_US
dc.subjecttsunamien_US
dc.subjectabsent-personen_US
dc.subjectaction planen_US
dc.subjectaging populationen_US
dc.subjectalternative discourseen_US
dc.subjectapocalyptic demographyen_US
dc.subjectappropriateen_US
dc.subjectarchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectarchaeology of knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectarchaeologicalen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectburdenen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectcaregiveren_US
dc.subjectcharityen_US
dc.subjectcharitableen_US
dc.subjectcollectiveen_US
dc.subjectcollective caren_US
dc.subjectcommunityen_US
dc.subjectcommunity careen_US
dc.subjectcondition of possibilityen_US
dc.subjectconditions of possibilityen_US
dc.subjectcorporateen_US
dc.subjectcounter-discourseen_US
dc.subjectdementiaen_US
dc.subjectdementia careen_US
dc.subjectdementia policyen_US
dc.subjectdementia social policyen_US
dc.subjectdependenten_US
dc.subjectdepoliticizeen_US
dc.subjectdiscourseen_US
dc.subjectdiscourse analysisen_US
dc.subjectdisruptive discourseen_US
dc.subjecteconomic burdenen_US
dc.subjecteconomicsen_US
dc.subjecteconomyen_US
dc.subjectelderen_US
dc.subjectemergencyen_US
dc.subjectepidemicen_US
dc.subjectexclusionen_US
dc.subjectfear-mongeren_US
dc.subjectFoucauldianen_US
dc.subjectfound poemen_US
dc.subjectgenealogyen_US
dc.subjectgenealogicalen_US
dc.subjecthealth authorityen_US
dc.subjecthealth careen_US
dc.subjecthealth care staffen_US
dc.subjecthealth care systemen_US
dc.subjecthealth policy documenten_US
dc.subjecthealthy lifestyleen_US
dc.subjecthome and community careen_US
dc.subjecthomogenizationen_US
dc.subjecthomogenizeen_US
dc.subjecthospitalen_US
dc.subjectimaginariesen_US
dc.subjectimaginaryen_US
dc.subjectincapableen_US
dc.subjectindividual responsibilityen_US
dc.subjectindividualismen_US
dc.subjectknowledgeen_US
dc.subjectlong-term careen_US
dc.subjectmaterial effecten_US
dc.subjectmateriality of discourseen_US
dc.subjectmediaen_US
dc.subjectmoral panicen_US
dc.subjectnational strategyen_US
dc.subjectneoliberalen_US
dc.subjectneoliberalismen_US
dc.subjectneoliberal rationalityen_US
dc.subjectnot prepareden_US
dc.subjectobjecten_US
dc.subjectobjectificationen_US
dc.subjectotheren_US
dc.subjectperson-centereden_US
dc.subjectpeople living with dementiaen_US
dc.subjectperson living with dementiaen_US
dc.subjectpersons living with dementiaen_US
dc.subjectperson with dementiaen_US
dc.subjectpoemen_US
dc.subjectpoetic representationen_US
dc.subjectpoetryen_US
dc.subjectpolicyen_US
dc.subjectpoliciesen_US
dc.subjectpoliticalen_US
dc.subjectpoliticsen_US
dc.subjectpoweren_US
dc.subjectpower knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectpower relationsen_US
dc.subjectprivateen_US
dc.subjectprivatizeen_US
dc.subjectprivatizationen_US
dc.subjectproductivity of dominant discourseen_US
dc.subjectpublic health careen_US
dc.subjectresidential careen_US
dc.subjectresistanceen_US
dc.subjectresponsibilityen_US
dc.subjectresponsibilizationen_US
dc.subjectrising tideen_US
dc.subjectRising Tide The impact of Dementia on Canadian Societyen_US
dc.subjectsafety neten_US
dc.subjectshift costs to caregiversen_US
dc.subjectresponsibilityen_US
dc.subjectsocial policy
dc.subjectsocial policy imaginaryen_US
dc.subjectsocial well-beingen_US
dc.subjectsocial worken_US
dc.subjectsocial workeren_US
dc.subjectsolidarityen_US
dc.subjectspecializeden_US
dc.subjectstakeholderen_US
dc.subjectstateen_US
dc.subjectstigmaen_US
dc.subjectsubject matter experten_US
dc.subjecttaxpayeren_US
dc.subjectthreaten_US
dc.subjectunprepareden_US
dc.subjectunproductiveen_US
dc.subjectvoluntaryen_US
dc.subjectvolunteeren_US
dc.subjectwait timeen_US
dc.subjectwaveen_US
dc.titleFrom the "rising tide" to solidarity: disrupting dominant crisis discourses in dementia social policy in neoliberal timesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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